National Security Policy Can Strengthen or Weaken National Power
National security as a legitimate regulatory objective
The question is not whether — but how it is implemented.
Undisciplined security override
Competition sidelined
Incumbents protected
Markets closed

Competition-conditioned implementation
Security objective retained
Competition lens applied
Contestability preserved
A way to measure the cost of distortion
Distortions

International Trade, Regulation and the Global Economy: The Impact of Anti-Competitive Market Distortions
Shanker A. Singham